Thanks! I think this is the first time I’ve finished the maple to 800, putting on shellac between every grit. That may be my new finishing regime for maple. Yeah, it was not light. I got it home and cut it into a couple four-foot lengths (I think what I really needed was 3 foot-ish) and the knot from one end and a check and some weird grain from the other, but I didn’t want to have to call a neighbor to help get it out of the truck.
Thanks, Pottz! I looked at it and couldn’t decide between blue and pink, but I usually default to blue, so I said, “try something different!” Glad I did.